Hi Bill, I'm in the process of stripping the bottom of my boat as well. I tried west marines stripper which resulted in more mess than success. So I decided to do it the old fashioned way and broke out the scraper.
I got comfy under the boat and trailer and just began to scrap off the paint very carefully of coarse. The old paint flaked off pretty easily to reveal a semi transparent pea green primer coat. This I wet sanded away to reveal the original gel coat. I haven't come close to completion. It took me around 2.5 hrs to get just one side of the keel clean. I crawl under the boat whenever my work schedule permits at this rate I should be finished by summer. Be careful if you decide the job is not worth the trouble, There are no paints I know of that will cover over bottom paint except another compatible bottom paint. Happy Scraping Mark M-17 #103 Chunky Dory ----- Original Message ----- From: William Sylvester<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2004 8:25 PM Subject: M_Boats: New Old M-17 We are about done restoring our 1978 M-17 except for the patchy blue anti-fouling paint that tightly clings to parts of her bottom. I was planning on using "Peel Away" to get rid of the offending paint and have the boat go without bottom paint. I have been advised that using any paint remover might seriously damage the gel coat, especially one as old as mine. If I can't remove the old paint, I want to paint over it. I don't need an anti-fouling paint as my boat will be on the trailer. Do you have any suggestions? Bill M-17 Endelig #279 _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats<http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats> _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
